Still no pretty colours. I am so slow. Sloooooooooow.
The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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If it's a woman, don't say "You sound hot!"
... I don't follow.
Unless you follow it immediately with, "all that panting is making it difficult to communicate. Is there a better time to call back?"
This one doesn't really count as a rant, just abject fucking stupidity. Twice recently I've seen what have to be some of the stupidest spelling suggestions EVAR.
1) While typing a post here for something, my Google Chrome dictionary seriously recommended that I change "kind of" to "kinda".
2) While replying to a tweet (on my phone, so I don't know if this was Twitter's dictionary, Samsung's dictionary, or Android's dictionary) Twitter recommended that I change the word "He's" to "Hes". Out of pure curiosity, I took the recommendation to see what would happen, and it immediately autocorrected itself back to "He's".
Seriously, who the hell got put in charge of predictive text and spelling corrections? I know they didn't go back to the team that developed T9 text prediction - they could fucking spell. Couldn't do much else though, I know a couple guys from that original team. Brilliant people when it comes to coding. Dumber than a bag of hammers when it comes to anything else.[DOUBLEPOST=1491401162,1491400678][/DOUBLEPOST]
1) While typing a post here for something, my Google Chrome dictionary seriously recommended that I change "kind of" to "kinda".
2) While replying to a tweet (on my phone, so I don't know if this was Twitter's dictionary, Samsung's dictionary, or Android's dictionary) Twitter recommended that I change the word "He's" to "Hes". Out of pure curiosity, I took the recommendation to see what would happen, and it immediately autocorrected itself back to "He's".
Seriously, who the hell got put in charge of predictive text and spelling corrections? I know they didn't go back to the team that developed T9 text prediction - they could fucking spell. Couldn't do much else though, I know a couple guys from that original team. Brilliant people when it comes to coding. Dumber than a bag of hammers when it comes to anything else.[DOUBLEPOST=1491401162,1491400678][/DOUBLEPOST]
I don't know how it is there, but when I was a hiring manager and I called people for references, all I wanted was the truth. I had a set list of questions that I would ask to determine whether or not you really know the candidate, how long you worked together, how you and my candidate interacted on a daily/weekly/monthly basis, and how you viewed the work ethic and quality of work produced by the candidate. If it sounded like you were up-selling the candidate, I left it at that.
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You should talk to HR and find out if they have specific guidelines. I know several companies in the US who restrict answers to whether they worked there or not, and the dates of the start and end employment. Might not be an issue where you are.
Some systems these days will adapt their dictionary based on what you type, so if you are seeing a lot of "kinda" and "hes," it may be because the AI has noticed you typing these and is starting to think they might be real words.
--Patrick
I'm pretty sure predictive text and auto correct pull from two different sources. Autocorrect pulls from a built in dictionary (which you can add to) while predictive text bases its predictions on your typing habits, or sometimes pulls from a shared cloud. So if you are in the habit of typing hes knowing that autocorrect will automatically change it, that is what predictive text thinks you are going to type.
GasBandit
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What's extra infuriating is my speech recognition engine is learning my spanish faster than it is learning my english. I never want to have the word "comma" in a sentence, and it still flips a coin between "in" and "and" whenever I say "and," but by god, it knows how to spell "La Michoacana" (which is pronounced "mish-wa-ka-na") and "Iglesias Pentecostales."
The non-compliant.
<sniff> I'm so proud!The non-compliant.
That's what me and all my friends said when George Michael came out.
Not nearly as shocking as when I found out he did not write, "I Write the Songs."
That pretty much is all we're allowed to say, we are allowed to answer the question, "Would you rehire XXXX?"
Go for it, all is fair in jobs and housing. I say that satirically, but I actually believe it.
Man, season 1 bhamv totally would've done that! The characters have just gotten flat lately! This show sucks!
Season 1 bhamv wasn't married yet.
Just what I mean! Every show they feel the need to have characters "evolve" and "'grow" in exactly the same way! "Things are getting stale", they say. "Let's have someone marry", they say. "Let's have an in-group relationship status change", they say. Before you know it it'll all be jokes about babies and potty training!Season 1 bhamv wasn't married yet.
(more seriously, though, if you can narrow it down to a few, it's perfectly OK to go ask someone "hey, are you wearing a new perfume/cologne/whatever? It smells nice, what is it?")
A shame, it would've been nice to be able to keep a nice smell around.
I always assumed you floated around, following the trail, a la Pepe Le Pew. Of course, if you are Pepe Le Pew, we may have found the reason those women keep running for the hills.
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Not since the restraining order.
Dave
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I'd have noticed this sooner had you tagged it right. You're like a frickin' Dave.
Dave
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I went into the attachment browser to grab some of the other Omaha Help Wanted ads to send to my wife (she says thanks, by the way) and I came upon this gem from 2014. @GasBandit sings "Naughty Girls Need Love Too".
That was excellent.